Ritchie Havens, passed way Monday from a heart attack, at age 72, on Monday, April 22. He was the first performer at the three-day 1969 Woodstock Festival and he performed for the 40th anniversary in 2009.
Havens also performed at Bill Clinton’s presidential Inauguration in 1993. He has released more than 25 albums. His last album was 2008′s Nobody Left to Crown.
Recently, “Hands of Time”, Richie’s collaboration with Groove Armada, was featured in the film, “The Incredible Burt Wonderstone” starring…Read full post
April 23 Celebrity Birthdays
Alan Oppenheimer (1930 Character Actor
Blair Brown (1946) Actress
Charlie Rowe (1996) Actor
Dev Patel (1990) Actor
George Lopez (1961) Actor
Halston (1932-1990) Fashion Designer
Hervé Villechaize (1943-1993) Actor
Jaime King (1979) Actress
Jan Hooks (1957) Actress
Janet Blair (1921-2007) Actress
Joanna Krupa (1979) Actress
John Cena (1977) Wrestler
John Lutz (1973) Writer
John Oliver (1977) Comedian
Joyce DeWitt (1946) Actress
Kal Penn (1977) ACtor
Lee Majors (1939) Actor
Micheal Moore (1954) Producer
Mumia Abu-Jamal (1954) Convicted Murderer, Activist
Roy Orbison (1936-1988) Singer
Sandra Dee (1942-2005) Actress
Shirley Temple (1928) Actress
Taio Cruz (1980)…Read full post
(PCM) We’ll start with the police report:
“Mrs. Witherspoon began to hang out the window and say that she did not believe that I was a real police officer. I told Mrs. Witherspoon to sit on her butt and be quiet. She stated that she was a ‘US citizen’ and that she was allowed to ‘stand on American ground.’
Mrs. Witherspoon asked, ‘Do you know my name?’ I answered, ‘No, I don’t need to know your name.’ I then added,…Read full post
April 22 Celebrity Birthdays
Aaron Spelling (1923-2006) TV Producer
Amber Heard (1986) Actress
Anna Falchi (1972) Actress
B.R. Chopra (1913-2008) Bollywood Actor
Bettie Page (1923-2008) Pin-up Model
Bull Moose Jackson (1919-1989) Musician
Byron Allen (1961) Writer
Catherine Mary Stewart (1959) Actress
Charlotte Rae (1926) Character Actress
Chris Makepeace (1964) Actor
Courtney Friel (1980) Reporter
Eddie Albert (1906-2005) Actor
Glen Campbell (1936) Singer
J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904-1967) Nuclear Physicist
Jack Nicholson (1937) Actor
Jeffrey Dean Morgan (1966) Actor
Jon Waters (1946) Director & Actor
Larry Groce (1948) Singer
Marilyn Chambers (1952-2009) Actress
Paul Carrack (1951) Singer
Peter Frampton (1950) Singer
Ryan Stiles (1959) Actor
Sherri Shepaherd (1967) Actress
Sheryl Lee (1967) Actress
Steve Englehart (1947) Comic…Read full post
Ceremonies before the game, postponed because of the massive police manhunt for suspect #2, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, honoring victims of Monday’s Boston Marathon bombings, as well as the city’s police and fire departments, featured a live, 8th inning performance of “Sweet Caroline” by singer Neil Diamond, who came in unannounced an unplanned for the performance.
His 1969 hit is the unofficial anthem of the team and played during every home-game eighth inning since 2002. He last sang it live at Fenway…Read full post
April 21 Celebrity Birthdays
Andie MacDowell (1958) Actress
Anthony Quinn (1915-2001) Actor
Brian White (1975) Actor
Charles Grodin (1935) Actor
Hunter Hancock (1916-2004) Radio DJ
Iggy Pop (1947) Musician, Actor
James McAvoy (1979) Actor
Nicole Sullivan (1970) Actress
Patti LuPone (1949) Singer, Actress
Paul Davis (1948-2008) Musician
Queen Elizabeth II (1926) Royalty
Tony Danza (1951) Actor
Tony Romo (1980) NFL Player
April 20 Celebrity Birthdays
Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) Evil Dictator
Bruce Cabot (1904-1972) Actor
Carmen Electra (1972) Actress
Crispin Glover (1964) Actor
George Takei (1937) Actor
Hank The Angry Drunken Dwarf (1962-2001) Celebrity
Jessica Lange (1949) Actress
Lionel Hampton (1908-2002) Musician
Luthor Vandross (1951-2005) Musician
Miranda Kerr (1983) Actress
Ryan O’Neal (1941) Actor
Tito Puente (1923–2000) Musician
Veronica Cartwright (1949) Actress
April 19 Celebrity Birthdays
Ashley Judd (1968) Actress
Eliot Ness (1903-1957) US Treasury Agent
Dick Sargent (1930-1994) Actor, Darrin Stephens #2
Dudley Moore (1935-2002) Actor
Hayden Christianson (1981) Actor
Hugh O’Brian (1925) Character Actor
James Franco (1978) Actor
Jayne Mansfield (1933-1967) Actress
Kate Hudson (1979) Actress
Maria Sharapova (1987) Tennis Star
Mohammed Ali (1931) Boxer
Ox Baker (1934) Wrestler, Character Actor
Steph Song (1984) Actress
Tim Curry (1946) Actor
April 18 Celebrity Birthdays
America Ferrera (19840 Actress
Barbara Hale (1922) Actress
Bob Hastings (1925) Character Actor
Clarence Darrow (1857-1938) Lawyer
Clive Revill (1930) Character Actor
Conan O’Brien (1963) Host, Writer
David Tennabt (1971) Actor|
Edgar Wright (1974) Director
Eli Roth (1972) Producer
Eric McCormack (1963) Actor
Eric Roberts (19560 Actor
Haley Mills (1946) Actress
James Woods (1947) Actor
Jane Leeves (1961) Actress
Jeff Dunham (1962) Comedian
Kenny Ortega (1950) Director
Kourtney Kardashian (1979) Celebrity
Leopold Stokowski (1882-1977) Conductor
Maria Bello (1967) Actress
Melissa Joan Hart (1976) Actress
Rick Moranis (1953) Actor
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley (1987) Actress
Suri Cruise (2006) Celebrity Spawn
Virginia O’Brien (1919-2001) Deadpan Singer
April 17 Celebrity Birthdays
Afrika Bambaataa (1957) Musician
Boomer Esiason (1961) NFL, Commentator
David Bradley (1942) Actor
Don Kirshner (1934-2011) Music Producer
Gordon Rollings (1926-1985) Character Actor
J.P. Morgan (1837-1913) Financier
Jennifer Garner (1972) Actress
Joe Alaskey (1952) Voice Actor
Kristine Sutherland (19550 Actress
Leo Frank (1884-1915) Innocent Felon
Liz Phair (1967) Singer
Louis Jean Heydt (1903-1960) Character Actor
Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1971) USSR Politician
Olivia Hussey (1951) Actress
Redman (1970) Musician
Roddy Piper (1954) Wrestler, Actor
Sean Bean (1959) Actor
Señor Wences (1896-1999) Vaudeville Ventriloquist
Victoria Beckham (1974) Celebrity Royalty
William Holden (1918-1981) Actor